Coronavirus in the Thumb: What you need to know on Tuesday

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 28: Touro University Nevada medical school Dean Dr. Wolfgang Gilliar (C) talks with Touro medical students Claire Chen (L) and Allison Moran (R) as they wait to conduct medical screenings as people line up to enter a temporary homeless shelter set up in a parking lot at Cashman Center on March 28, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada was closed this week after a homeless man who used their services tested positive for the coronavirus, leaving about 500 people with no overnight shelter. The city of Las Vegas, Clark County and local homeless providers plan to operate the shelter tonight through April 3rd when it is anticipated that the Catholic Charities facility will be back open. The city is also reserving the building spaces at Cashman Center in case of an overflow of hospital patients. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11th. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) less

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 28: Touro University Nevada medical school Dean Dr. Wolfgang Gilliar (C) talks with Touro medical students Claire Chen (L) and Allison Moran (R) as they wait to conduct medical screenings as people line up to enter a temporary homeless shelter set up in a parking lot at Cashman Center on March 28, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada was closed this week after a homeless man who used their services tested positive for the coronavirus, leaving about 500 people with no overnight shelter. The city of Las Vegas, Clark County and local homeless providers plan to operate the shelter tonight through April 3rd when it is anticipated that the Catholic Charities facility will be back open. The city is also reserving the building spaces at Cashman Center in case of an overflow of hospital patients. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11th. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) less

UPPER THUMB — As the coronavirus outbreak continues and numbers begin to rise in the Thumb, here are five things you need to know on Tuesday.

1. Local cases rise to 13

State numbers issued Monday afternoon showed four additional confirmed coronavirus cases in the Upper Thumb, bringing the total so far to 13. Three new cases were reported in Sanilac County and one new case was reported in Tuscola County.

Local speech pathology, occupational therapy and mental health services are being offered more and more online in the wake of the coronavirus scare. Several local services have turned to high-tech means to continue to serve their patients.

4. Michigan needs ventilators

State officials Monday said the state desperately needs thousands more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, and the state also needs additional workers to run them. State Medical Excecutive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun said acute care physicians are needed, though nurses were the biggest need.